My guess is that Montoya now believes he can 'move this field'. It is a courageous step but this is a careful researcher surrounded by other careful researchers working at a distinguished institution....I think he has found a rock (data) he thinks he can stand on - and that gives him strength - and so he's willing to wade out into the deep end...I think he wants to transform both fields.... (a big task!)

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Then i hope we will not have to wait for too long until we get to see something concrete. I don't mean this as a critique of him, i just hope the waiting will end soon and we get some movement.

charity~ Dr. M's speaking at ILADS helps those doctors who attend ILADS, and builds bridges with them. They are some of the few doctors who believe their patients are sick with something and are willing to treat them. Because Dr. M shared, those doctors can now consider other causes for their patient's illness besides tick borne pathogens.